Quiet Weekend at HOME!

Here are a few pictures from our first weekend home in forever!

Cole checking out Madison

Hello down there.

We had the Moses basket out for Madison, but guess who really liked it!
Bradford came by to play over the weekend too!

In and Out Bath!

I started Cole's bath, ran to the kitchen to put something in the oven, and came back to get Cole in the tub. However, he had already decided it was time to get in........fully dressed, sock and all!

After he was all clean, I pulled the plug to start draining the water as he continued to play and ran to pull out dinner from the oven. Suddenly Cole took some advice from Will Ferrell and was streaking through the house, running in circles.

Crazy Kid!

At the beach

We headed back to SGI again last weekend and Cole got to hang with Cassidy, Suzanna, Cole, Karie, Meredith and Hunter. Saturday we got the kids out early on the beach to run around before lunch and nap and then after lunch we packed everything up; chairs, umbrella, shovels, buckets, rafts, bags and guess who only made it about 5 minutes on the beach? Cole Garber. He started saying, "Bye Bye Beach" as he waved to the ocean and walked up towards the house. Little Stinker! So he played in the pool the remainder of the day. Fortunately f0r Cole and I, Cassidy wasn't ready to beach it all afternoon either so they came up to swim as well.

Sunday we got packed up and headed home. We have been so spoiled this summer with all of our vacations and travels.......and I will make sure that fun continues!

Click on this picture. You can see Cassidy and Cole leaving the beach and Suzanna watching them go.

Baby Cole watching Teen Cole surfing the waves.

Cole, Cassidy and Suzanna

This was hilarious. A crab came up and climbed through were the kids were playing in the previous picture. Jennifer captured it in the bucket but Cole was not thrilled about it. He kept repeating "oh no!!! all done!!!" Here is a series of photos that show his emotions. If you have ever heard him say this, you will totally get the pictures.

And there is the crab!

Cole found that if you bounce on the sides it makes a fun game.

And then Suzanna joined in the fun.

Both of them bouncing.

Make out session!

Hee hee....we just kissed!

Whitney reading to all the kids!

Sunday Morning on the beach.

Suzie Q

Cassidy and Cole walking hand in hand.

Cassidy!

So the three of them started their journey back towards the house.

So far so good, yet contemplating their next move.

Um, kids, not our boardwalk........

Up they all go, down the WRONG boardwalk.

Cassidy and Cole took off running.....Little Suzie was a good girl and hung back.

Just a Note!

I am just astounded daily on all the new things Cole is up to. This morning the phone rang and he quickly say’s “hello.” Also, he will take any phone (or a calculator since that looks like a phone to) and walk around with it to his ear with his head cocked sideways like when we hold it with our shoulder. He is also saying “OK” which sounds like “O-tay Mama”, again adorable. The other night I was reading him books and got to the last one and I said “one more book”. Well once that book was finished he looked at me and said “one more book” and nodded his head like, right? Speaking of books, he has also started to read to his stuffed animals. As you can see he is mimicking most things we do.

He was just moved up to the next classroom at school which means he is getting older, and is a reality I hate to accept. Yesterday I picked him up and he was in the new classroom and they were about to have their milk. Well in the new class, no more sippy cups. Needless to say he was covered in milk but did actually succeed in getting some in his mouth. Also his teacher told me he had a great day. One of the little girls in the class apparently wasn’t leaving the classroom when they were all going outside. Cole went back into the class, grabbed the little girls hand and escorted her to the playground, hand in hand.

Cole constantly amazes us in how much his brain absorbs, processes and spits out. He is a really funny little boy and is really happy. We couldn’t be more in love with Cole.

Weekend in Destin

We went over to Todd and Carly's for a very quick weekend. We arrived in Destin around 9:00 pm EST on Friday and were back in Tallahassee Sunday morning at 9:00 am EST. Cole decided he didn't really want to do a whole lot of sleeping so we opted to head back early versus waking up the entire house. On Saturday, Carly and I had a fun day with all the boys. In the morning we played at the house and after nap we took them to Okalooska Island to the Crab Trap and then to play on the playground at the beach. We had a sitter that night so we were all able to go to Harbor Docks and have dinner with Bill and Michele who were also over in Destin vacationing. Those twins are a pair. They have gotten so big and are officially into everything.

Brody

Wade
Wade

Cole watching Dora

Wade trying to escape

How much are those babies in the window?

Wade, Cole and Brody

Wade and Brody

Wade, Cole and Brody